Portable sun and wind shielding device



June 26, 1928. 1,674,990

(3. o. PETERSON PORTABLE SUN AND WIND SHIELDING DEVICE Filed July 8, 1927 Flg.

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CARL O. PETERSQN, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

PORTABLE SUN AND WIND SHIELDING DEVICE. Application filed July 8, 1927. Serial No. 2%,351.

The object of the invention is to provide prevailing winds at a beach resort and the a canopy or tent-like structure for beach like. The sheave construction for preventresorts and the like which can readily be ing slipping down of the covering or awning assembled and disassembled and easily as well as its guy-rope supporting function e transported in a compact manner in an is an especially novel and useful one.

automobile or other convenient way. The windshield 11 is provided with rods The detailed structure and advantages of similar to the rods 1 of the sun-shield, and my invention will be more clearly illustrated also provided with sheaves, guy-ropes an and described in the accompanying specifianchor bars in a similar manner. The rods, lo cation and drawing in which Fig. l reprehowever, in the case of the windshield are sents in perspective a complete assembly in inserted through loops or envelopes in the situ of the sun and windshield device of my fabric at 12, 13 and 14L. The windshield may invention; Fig. 2 in partial side elevation be high enough only to act to break the wind and partial section the method of attaching or it may extend the full height of the sun- 7 1n the top covering or awning to one of the shield if desir d, As a shelter against rods or posts which are embedded in the storm, additional sides of similar character sand; Fig. 3 represents a similar view in may be raised. elevation; Fig. 4; represents one of the One quick method of erecting the sunsheaves for closing the supporting rods 01 shield is to spread the canvas, awning or posts together with a guy-rope attached suitable covering on the sand and insert thereto; Fig. 5 represents the conventional through the holes therein the rods 1, embedguy-rope tightener such as is used in ordiding the latter in the sand; then raising the nary tent structures, and Fig. 6 represents awning up the rods, and subsequently inone of the sheaves with guy-rope attached, serting the sheaves in the loops of the rods both in side elevation. at right angles thereto, as shown in Fig. 4, Referring more particularly to Fig. l, l and subsequently turning the sheave back represents the supporting posts or rods to into place as illustrated in Figs. 2 an which the awning or covering 2 is attached lVhen the guy-ropes connected with the or on which it is supported. These rods sheaves are now fastened to the anchor-bars may be made of any suitable material such 9 the sheaves will be retained in place and as steel rod of suitable diameter, and pretcrthe whole structure will be rigid enough for ably are provided with hooks or loops 3 at practical purposes, although the total time their top end over which hooks is slipped consumed in the erect-ion thereof has only the awning or covering by turning the reenconsumed a "few minutes. When it is deforced holes 4; in the latter over the ends 5 sired to take down the sun and wind-shield ot the hooks until the awning 2 occupies a or disassemble it, it only takes a tow mohorizontal position or at least a right angle ments also by reversing the process of as pl ane with reference to the length of the sembly.

rods 1. In order to prevent the awning 2 hat I claim as new and desire to se- 40 from slipping over the part of the hook or cure by Letters Patent of the United States loop 3 at 6 and down over the straight part is; of the rod to the sand or ground, a sheave 1. In a portable sun and wind shielding '7 is provided for closing the hook or loop 3 device the combination of a plurality 01' at 5 and for supporting the awning 2 so hooked rods for insertion in the ground, an

45 that the latter may not slip down the rod as awning or covering detachably supported above described. This sheave has an addiby said rods, a sheave insertable in the hook tional function, viZ., that of carrying the of each rod for the purpose of preventing guy-rope 8 which is attached at its lower end the covering from sliding down the rod, to the bars 9, the latter being buried in the and a plurality of ropes one attached to 50 sand or ground at a suitableangle to render each sheave at one end and anchored to the it the most diiiicult to pull these bars out ot' ground at the other for reentorcing the the sand by either a gust or steady wind. shielding device provided by the assembly By burying the rods 1 and the bars 9 suiliof the structural parts hereinbefore menciently well in the sand it will be found that tioned.

the construction affords a very stable resist- 2. In a portable sun and wind shielding ance for all practicable purposes to ordinary device the combination ot a fabric roof covering, eyelets therein, a plura'litybf rods for insertion in the ground to support the covering, hooks 0n the rods for receiving the eyelets in the covering, a sheave supported in each hook of the rods for the purpose of preventing the covening from sliding down the rods, and suitable guy-ropes attached to the respective-sheaves atone end and anchored to the ground in pl'aee.

3. :In a portable sun and Wind shielding device for beach-resorts, t-he "combination of at the other for p rigidly maintaining the rods and covering a supporting :rod for insertion in the sand, a hook at the top of saidrol, a covering fabric suitably the hook end of the rod, a closure device such as a sheave for closing the opening in lthe hoolred end of the rod to support the covering, a suitable anchor bar also for insertion in .the ground, and a guy-rope one end of Which is attached to the sheave or closure and the other end of wliioh is attached to the anchor bar.

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